Few people are lucky enough to meet their idols, and even fewer get the distinct displeasure of realizing that those idols are copying them—but Eddie Van Halen managed to experience both. Before the ...

Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony, David Lee Roth, and Eddie Van Halen in 1978. (Credit: Fin Costello/Redferns) “If you put a Van Halen album in your record collection, it will melt all the rest of your ...

Eddie Van Halen of the legendary heavy metal band Van Halen was one of the greatest guitarists of his generation. Some would say he was the greatest shredder of all time. It’s a little hard to ...

Wolfgang Van Halen has weighed in with a new message marking the fifth anniversary of Eddie Van Halen's death. In the years prior to launching his solo career, Wolfgang was instrumental in keeping the ...

Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony opened up about the difficult birth of Van Halen's Balance in a new social media post, with Hagar saying the process "wasn't fun." The 1995 album was Hagar's last with ...

One of the most hard-driving rock songs of the 1980s about fast cars and fast women is Van Halen's 1984 hit "Panama." The song has a bit of a tale that made it stand out when we compiled our summer ...

A legendary guitar personally customized and once wielded by arena-rock icon Eddie Van Halen is hitting the auction block at Sotheby’s in October. Its estimate? A whopping $2 million–$3 million. And ...

A previous Sotheby’s sale for a guitar owned by Van Halen — that one on display in the band’s “Hot for Teacher” music video — netted $3,932,000 in April 2023. By Chris Gardner A piece of rock history ...

Nearly five years after his death, one of Eddie Van Halen’s most recognizable guitars will be auctioned off for the first time this fall. As part of a rock collectibles sales by the auction house ...

The celebrity chef posted of photo of her ex-husband, Eddie Van Halen, and her mother, Nancy, on Monday, May 26 Sabrina Weiss is the Editorial Assistant of PEOPLE's food department. She writes the ...

Over 20 years after the musician left Van Halen—which also included the late Eddie Van Halen and Michael Anthony at the time—he shared why he’s not on the best of terms with the band’s drummer. “I ...